Wheres Toto Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Dh is trying to think of the term for a number that is showing all of its decimal places (like on a calculator) or has not be rounded off. It's not unrounded, precise, or anything obvious. He said it's a "$10 word" - long, multi-syllables and he thinks it ends in a sound like "fasia". Any ideas? This is the smartest group of people I know so I'm hoping someone knows. Google was amazingly unhelpful. @square_25 you're a math teacher/math degreed, any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 "Exact" ?? "Precise" ?? "Accurate" ?? "Sharp" ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, square_25 said: Also, almost all the words I can find that end in "asia" are diseases... Yeah, it just made me think of fascia and other biology stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) I was wondering if he was thinking of significant figures (or significant digits). Not exactly the concept described, but could be what he's trying to come up with. Edited September 15, 2020 by purpleowl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 39 minutes ago, Æthelthryth the Texan said: Untruncated? That was one of my suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Mantissa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 32 minutes ago, square_25 said: I'm starting to think this word is a figment of your hubby's imagination... Yeah, I'm starting to think that too. If nobody here can think of anything, he's got to be delusional. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 6 hours ago, square_25 said: I'm starting to think this word is a figment of your hubby's imagination... I asked Mr. Ellie, who is a math guy, and he said there's no such word, so yeah, Mr. Square's imagination, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 12 hours ago, LMD said: Mantissa? Nope, he says that's not it. He said it's a term someone he worked with used all the time. I'm starting to wonder if she made it up. Another possible clue to what it may be, he's an analytical pharmaceutical chemist, so he's dealing with a lot of FDA reports, lab reports, statistical reports, HPLC stuff. Maybe it's a more specialized term? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 On 9/16/2020 at 7:31 AM, Where's Toto? said: He said it's a term someone he worked with used all the time. I'm starting to wonder if she made it up. Another possible clue to what it may be, he's an analytical pharmaceutical chemist, so he's dealing with a lot of FDA reports, lab reports, statistical reports, HPLC stuff. Maybe it's a more specialized term? Actual value? Laboratory value? Technically when one obtains numerical values in a laboratory setting, they are "rounded" due to the sensitivity of the instrument or assay being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) I wonder if a word with a sound like "fasia" if it might be a Latin word? Here's a possible list- https://platonicrealms.com/encyclopedia/Latin-terms-and-phrases-in-math None of them are quite right, but I could imagine a person adopting one of them as her catchphrase to mean what she'd like, such as "de facto" or "ab initio" or an actual/exact value or something that has not yet been manipulated. Edited September 17, 2020 by Monica_in_Switzerland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 On 9/16/2020 at 5:46 AM, square_25 said: Not my hubby’s, though!! Mr. Toto’s... 😉 D'OH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 32 minutes ago, square_25 said: Hahahaha, either way, it may have to be an eternal mystery!! Right... Time to take matters into our own hands and invent a term for Mr. Where's Toto. Here's mine: "Precisexactasia Numbericalunroundia" = overly complicated term for an exact, unrounded number 😂 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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